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Europe/Moscow

Europe/Moscow is the IANA time zone for MSK+00 – Moscow area in Russia.

UTC+03:00

Tue, Sep 29 UTC+3 MSK

Offsets and daylight saving time

Standard offset
UTC+03:00
Rule
No daylight saving time: UTC+3 all year.

No clock changes are scheduled in the next three years.

Names

Generic name
Moscow Standard Time
Abbreviation
MSK
Long name
Moscow Standard Time
Aliases
W-SU (old ids that resolve to Europe/Moscow)

Use it in code

// JavaScript
new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-US', { timeZone: 'Europe/Moscow' })

# Python
from zoneinfo import ZoneInfo
ZoneInfo('Europe/Moscow')

-- PostgreSQL
SELECT now() AT TIME ZONE 'Europe/Moscow';

Cities in Europe/Moscow

Also in this zone: Krasnodar, Yaroslavl, Makhachkala, Ryazan’, Penza, Naberezhnyye Chelny, Lipetsk, Cheboksary, Tula, Kursk, Stavropol, Bryansk.

Offset history since 1970

  • 1970–1980: UTC+3
  • 1981–1990: UTC+3 and UTC+4 each year
  • 1991: UTC+2 and UTC+3 during the year
  • 1992: UTC+2, UTC+3 and UTC+4 during the year
  • 1993–2011: UTC+3 and UTC+4 each year
  • 2012–2013: UTC+4
  • 2014: UTC+3 and UTC+4 during the year
  • 2015–2026: UTC+3

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